Shoe-straightening insole and arch support



W LUCK ET AL SHOE STRAIGHTNING INSOLE AND ARCH SUPPORT Filed Aug. 28.1923 July 14, 1925.

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Patented `luly 14-9 1925i.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM LUCK AND CARROLL O. KLINGE, 0F WAVTERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA.

SHOE-STRAIGHTENING ISOLE AND ARCH SUPPORT.

r Application Bled August 28, 1923. Serial No. 659,790.v

To all w-wfm t may concern.'

Be it known that we, WILLIAM LUCK and CARROLL O. KLINGE, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Watertown, in the county of Codington andState of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Shoe-Straightening Insole like.

Another object of the invention is the construction of a simple andetlicient insole and arch support that will greatly help the wearer-sfoot.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, our invention com risescertain novel combinations, constructions and arrangements of arts aswill be hereinafter described, i ustrated in the accompanying drawings,and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

ln the drawings:

Figure 1 is ay bottom plan view of our shoe straightening insole.

Figure 2 is a view taken on line 2 2, Fig. l, and looking in thedirection of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line a-a, rig. 2.

vFigure 4 4 is a sectional view taken on line l-4, Fig. 2.

Figure 5 is a top plan view of our straightening insole and archsupport, while Figure 6 is a bottom plan viewv of the Figure 7 is asectional view taken on line 7-7, Fig. 5, andlooking in the direction ofthe arrows.

Figure 8 is a lan view of another embodiment of the s ce straighteninginsole.

l 3 is for raising the outside of the ball of] the foot to throw theweight inward and strengthen the foot. The pad 4 is for raising the heelof the foot to'throw the weight of the foot inward and strengthen theankle. The cut-away portion, forming the recess 5, is for the ball ofthe foot to rest lower than the rest of the insole; this recess 5,formed by cutting away part of the leather, is very essential as by thisthe weight is more evenly distributed and does not merely all rest onthe bottom of foot.

Referring to the embodiments shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7: ln these figureswe have shown an insole 1, comprising a piece of leather 2 having thetoe pad 3 and the heel pad 4, as in Figs. 1 and 2. Further, the recess 5is also employed but with this embodiment (Fig. 5) the leather, at theinstep is split at one edge to form a pocket, into which a filler pad 6is placed, as clearly shown in Fig. 7. The upper portion 7 of the splitportionof the insole, is bowed upwardly, to form an arch support; thepadded portion 8 also forms an arch suport.

p Referring to Fig. 8: In this figure we have shown the insole 1 formedof a leather strip 2 and provided with a depression or recess 9 in themiddle of the toek pad 3 to receive the joint of the lar e toe and makethe device comfortable.

T is pad 3 raises the ball of the foot and-is designed for peothe anklestraightened enough in a very short time to entirely overcome theunsightly `weakness and completely restore the foot to its normalcondition. The device shown in Fi 1 to 4 keeps the shoe straight becauset e ball of the foot rests in the cutaway or recess on the inside of thesole, and 1s raised on the outside, keeping the weight of the footevenly balanced and. also keeping the heel of the shoe straight therebypreventing people, who wear shoes over on the outside, from doing so andcausing the heel and sole 'of the shoe alike to wear evenly, straightand not on one side or the other.-`

The shoe straightening insole and arch support shown in Figs. 5 tol 7has the same advanta e as the devi es shown in Figs, 1 to 4 an 8, andaddiional advantages as well. The arch support, built right into theinsole, strengthens the arch of the wearer, and is the lightest and mostcompact and durable way possible to build an arch support," because whenplaced inside of the shoe it cannot work out of place as the insole isfitted to the inside of the shoe.

While We have described the preferred embodiments of our invention, andhave illustrated the same in the accompanying drawings, certain minorchanges or alterations may appear to one skilled in the art to whichthis inventionrelates, during the eX- tensive manufacture of the same,land We, therefore, reserve the right to make such alterations or-changes as shall fairlyvfall Within the scope of the appended claims.

What we claim is:

1. n insole comprising a body, a heel pad upon one side portion of theheel end portion of said body, and a pad for the ball portion extendingalong one side portion of the forward end portion of said body, a recessbeing provided for receiving the joint portion of the large toe toprevent excessive pressure thereon.

2. An insole comprising a body, a heel pad upon one side portion of theheel end portion 'of said body, and a pad extending along one sideportion of the forward end portion of said body, the forward portion ofthe bodyatthe position Where the pad is secured thereto being providedwith a recess for relieving the inner joint of the large toe fromexcesswe pressure.

ln testimony whereof We hereunto affix our signature.

WLLM LUCK. CARROLL O. KLINGE.

